Tuberculosis in liver transplant recipients: Prophylaxis in an endemic area

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-202

  Agoglia, L ^a   Balbi, E ^a   Halpern, M ^a   Roma, J ^a   Carius, L ^a   Martinho, J M ^a   Moreira, L P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GERAL DE BONSUCESSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951778953     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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